Re: [MATHEDCC] Attendance policy

Wayne Mackey (wmackey@COMP.UARK.EDU)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:14:00 -0600

>You are not alone. In my experience, attendance policies lead to worthless
>discussions on whether the absence should be "excused". I want the students
>to understand that the real issue is that they were not in class (no matter
>how good the reason), missed my pearls of wisdom, and now need to decide
>what they are going to do about it.
>
AMEN!!!

wayne

Wayne F. Mackey
Univ. of Arkansas
SCEN #301
Fayetteville, AR 72701
wmackey@comp.uark.edu
http://comp.uark.edu/~wmackey

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